The New Zealand national dairy herd of between 1,900,000
and 2,000,000 cows is unsurpassed for its contribution to
world trade in dairy produce, though it ranks only twelfth
compared with the herds of other countries. Of the 1,224
million gallons of milk produced in 1963–64, 88.4 per cent
was used for making butter, cheese, milk powders, and casein,
and most of this was exported. The part played by the dairy
industry in world trade is shown by the figures in the
following table:

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How to cite this page: 'DAIRY INDUSTRY', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New ZealandURL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/dairy-industry (accessed 22 Mar 2019)